Crash Course World History: The Cold War Quiz

What was the primary ideological conflict during the Cold War?

• Democracy vs. Monarchy

• Feudalism vs. Industrialism

• Communism vs. Fascism

• Socialism vs. Capitalism

What did Winston Churchill famously call the division in Europe after WWII?

• The Red Barrier

• The Berlin Wall

• The Iron Curtain

• The Great Divide

What was the U.S. policy called that aimed to stop the spread of communism?

• Containment

• Isolationism

• Neutrality

• Expansionism

Which event brought the world closest to nuclear war during the Cold War?

• The Cuban Missile Crisis

• The Korean War

• The Vietnam War

• The Berlin Blockade

Which country did the U.S. support rebels in to overthrow a leftist government?

• Vietnam

• Cuba

• Hungary

• Nicaragua

What was the term used to describe the strategy of preventing direct conflict between the U.S. and USSR due to the threat of nuclear war?

• MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction)

• Warsaw Pact

• NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

• SEATO (Southeast Asia Treaty Organization)

What were Gorbachev's reforms that led to the end of the Cold War called?

• Perestroika and Glasnost

• Détente and Ostpolitik

• Marshall Plan and Truman Doctrine

• Containment and Rollback

Which country experienced a violent transition away from communism, resulting in the execution of its dictator?

• Hungary

• Poland

• Czechoslovakia

• Romania